Roaming through Irish East Coast Cities

Dear all,

I only did one bigger trip the last weekend on Saturday, which led me and two other German interns to Wexford. It was my first complete trip with Irish Rail, but it was really comfy and the coaches had a nice modern interior.

We started at Connolly Station and bought our tickets at one of the ticket machines. Luckily, they are super easy to use and all ticket types are explained -so no worries if you're not entirely sure which ticket type you should buy.

Connolly Station

We had a stay for about 6 hours in Wexford and spent 1/3 at a lovely restaurant called The Yard. They offer nice dishes with local ingredients for a reasonable price.

The Yard

After that, we pretty much aimlessly explored Wexford...

... at least until we came across a Hurling Championship. As all of us three didn't knew a thing about this sport, we had to google something about it's rules, but it was nonetheless fun to watch.

After our return form Wexford, our intern group met up at O'Reilly's and this time it really was a metal pub!

If you're asking yourself what I did on Friday and Sunday and expect some cool other trips and pictures, I'm sorry to let you down. I have to admit that I was somewhat more lazier than usual.

On Friday, I sort of got a shorthand notice that we'll have a burger party in my room mates and my apartment, so I spent that day with the partying (and slightly drunk) bunch.
I spent the Sunday in a more nerdy way, as another fellow German intern and I spent the day doing a Harry Potter marathon, though we only made it up until the 4th part, as we started later thanks to our stay at O'Reilly's and than again we had to work today again...

Until then,
F

Let's go to the Beach!

Dear all,

now I've been already for a bit more than 4 weeks roaming through Dublin.

Friday evening started with a proper pub visit at O'Reilly's to which my fellow German interns and I went. We met a few nice Irish guys with whom we shared the table.

On Saturday I headed to Dún Laoghaire, as one of our standard busses always drives there.
Blessed with sunny weather, I was ready to explore Dún Laoghaire's vast piers and it's lovely city centre.

 I walked along the eastern pier and had to notice the many Eddy's Ice Cream stores. I also got myself a scoop at the tip of the Eastern Pier. I ended the day with some Singaporean Noodles at Mao's.

On Sunday I more or less spontaneously decided to do the Bray - Greystones Cliff Walk and therefore headed to Bray with the DART.

I was really excited to finally see some real deal beach in Ireland, though Bray's beach sure is pebbly! But alas, I helped myself with some fish and chips, sat on the beach and listened to some live performed Elvis cover songs. After that, the real adventure began - roughly about 6 km along Ireland's eastern coastline and some nice sunny weather. By the time I was about to reach Greystones, I had to hurry a bit, as I was supposed to meet up with some fellow German interns to see Suicide Squad in Dublin's heart around evening. 

In the end I got sunburned again and made it in time back for the movie with some time left, that I used to do some household chores :)

Bray's Beach

View on Greyestones

Greystones

Greystones Beach

Oh and I got some really cool tasks at work as well! I am currently working on a SEO and a Marketing Campaign with another French intern and an Indian colleague. I was also finally able to hold my presentation about paperless offices and got treated with some pizza by my mentor.

Until the next weekend,
F